Freedom Assembly Church- Power of the Tongue

The Power of the Tongue
by Linda Hill

"Linda, you have a call on line two." Little was I to know that with that phone call I would be given the opportunity to put into practice much of what Jerry and I have learned over the past several years. Just the week before I had scheduled an appointment for my annual physical. I was not experiencing outward signs of any physical problems, it was simply routine.

"This is the doctor’s office. We have the results of your mammogram. There appears to be some abnormalities and we would like for you to report to the radiology department for spot compressions." Having spent the better part of the past twenty years in the healthcare field I knew they suspected cancer. My immediate response was, "There must be something wrong with the film because there is no cancer in my body." I had taken authority over that fear several years before after my mother had died with a malignant brain tumor.

I was at a crossroad, I didn’t know exactly how to deal with the situation, and the physicians were not allowing any time to decide. The enemy will always apply pressure and try to lead you in error. I had to determine where my faith level was so there could be agreement between Jerry and I. To prove them wrong I complied with the request for the spot compressions. To my amazement there they were, lumps, in both breasts. I couldn’t deny the existence of the lumps but being of the "seed of Abraham" and redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ I knew I could talk healing and health into existence! "...Calling those things which be not as though they were." Romans 4:17.

My physician wanted to schedule an appointment with a surgeon and further tests were to be done. I was fully persuaded that there was absolutely no cancer in my body and I stood firm to my faith’s confession.

While getting ready for church the following Sunday morning (all of the above had transpired on Friday) from deep within I heard myself proclaim to Jerry, "The devil has stolen all he is going to steal from me. NO MORE! Parts are parts and he isn’t getting any more of mine!" For those of you who know me personally you can see my God-given sense of humor in the last part of that statement. Immediately the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, " Don’t let the word cancer cross your lips!" I knew that according to Proverbs 6:2, "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth...", and I wasn’t about to let that happen!

I also knew that I was going to lay a solid foundation for my faith to build on. Numbers 23:19 says, "God is not a man that he should lie..." and Psalms 119:89 says, "For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." I set myself in agreement that His Word would also be established in my life in this situation. Every healing scripture that we had put in our hearts came flooding out. Psalms 107:20, Isaiah 53:5, I Peter 2:24, just to mention a few. Jerry set himself in agreement with me and we decided not to say anything to family, friends, or even our pastor. I would not even allow myself the luxury of requesting prayer (remember, I wasn’t about to be snared by my words). I could hardly wait to see what God was going to do.

The following Monday I called the surgeon to schedule an appointment for later in the week. He informed me that this could not wait and that he wanted me in his office in fifteen minutes. More tests were ordered and he scheduled surgery for a biopsy the following Friday. All the while I kept praising God for the healing that I believed had taken place in my body.

I also began to see why the Holy Spirit instructed me not to let the word cancer cross my lips. I began getting phone calls from counselors at the hospital to help me "through my crisis." The evening news as well as the local papers all carried reports of the rising mortality rates contributed to breast cancer. Coincidence, I don’t think so. Our adversary, the devil is very persistent.

By Wednesday evening, after several phone calls and new reports, Jerry and I just laughed with pure delight at how unsuccessful Satan had been at getting me over into the arena of fear. FEAR is the opposite of FAITH. I could see that if I had mentioned the testing and surgery to anyone I would have immediately (because Satan comes immediately to steal the Word) been bombarded with stories of friends and loved ones that had died because of cancer.

Friday morning came and the final x-rays were made. The lumps were still there. Had I missed it, was I being foolish? NEVER! I didn’t care what the x-rays showed, the lumps might still exist, but they were not cancerous. The biopsy was performed followed by removal of both tumors and I was sent home. Only later did I realize how significant going this route would be.

A week later I returned to the surgeon’s office to have the stitches removed. He looked at me and said, "You are a mighty fortunate young lady. According to every test we ran, the mammogram, x-rays, lab work, everything, those lumps SHOULD HAVE BEEN cancerous. The growth pattern was abnormal and reached into the lymph nodes. It SHOULD HAVE BEEN cancerous." He also told me that he had a frozen section examined by the Pathologist while I was in surgery and was prepared to request Jerry to give authorization to perform a mastectomy. He was that certain that it would be cancer. What he did not realize was that the GREATER ONE, JEHOVAH -RAPHA, had already performed His healing miracle. This was a tangible witness to the surgeon and his entire surgical team.

This is the greatest miracle of healing that I have ever experienced and I give God all the GLORY for the great things He has done.

When it comes to sickness and disease we should not choose whether to go to the doctor OR use our faith. If you need to go to the doctor, go, but use your FAITH when you go. Doctors have never healed anyone. However, they are greatly used as an instrument to aid the process of healing that God has put in our bodies.

Our faith should be based on the truth that Jesus Christ bore our sicknesses and our diseases (Matthew 8:17) and because he has done that, sickness and disease have no legal right to exist in our bodies. I can truly say that life and death are in the power of the tongue.